Roto studs

I'm constantly enamoured with roto studs: those guys you're just dying to have, who you know would make your season, who the thought of someone else getting their hands on him makes you cringe: yea, that kind of stud.

This year, there were some true fantasy basketball studs. Here they are, with brief blurb about what they did that made them so studly:

1. CP3: 2nd straight year of dominating stats. 50% FG is the most amazing, I think. You would think that people would try to stay away from him in the passin lane, yet he still gets 2.8 STL's per game, more than Mehmet Okur, Rasheed Wallace, and Dirk Nowitzki get combined per game. Think about that.

2. LBJ: ah, the 77.9% makes me a fan again.

3. Dwyane: Even got the 3-pointers going this season, truly a 9-cat guy: contributes in EVERY SINGLE stat category.

4. Kobe: Right where he should be, all year every year.

5. Nowitzki: steady as a rock.

6. Ming: It's amazing what a healthy season can do. He is such a beast with the %'s, counterbalancing a guy like kidd or baron davis.

7. Pau: Pre-season ranked 19th, but very solid game, had less pressure and chance of injury playing with kobe.

8. JKidd: I would say Renaissance season, but he seems to put up renaissance numbers every year. Somehow cut down his turnovers to a very reasonable 2.3 Per.

9. Granger: I will try everything in my power to get him next year.

10. Durantula: See Granger. Really came into his own this season; that's what fantasy basketball is: upside in a player. Love to see a guy like that blossom. And not regress: looking at you, Rudy Gay.

11. Billups: back playing in his hometown, still stellar skills.

12. Ray Allen: Rock of a fantasy player in a relatively unstable season for the C's.

13. Chris Bosh: I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed in the 10-15 Yahoo! rank for rest of his career.

14. Brandon Roy: quietly led Blazers to first playoff appearance in a while, I was in love with him his rookie year.....I see good reason why I was.

15. Troy Murphy: Fitting to round out the list with an All-American white boy from Indiana: not larry bird, but he was sick this season on a offensive juggernaut of a team, especially being from an ADP of 80.

There you go, folks. NBA season ends wednesday, I get to see some Chicago Bulls playoff action! (they might finish w/ a winning record!)

Fantasize on,
Robert Yan